SSDP’s Top Southern Highlights: Reasons to Support our Work
Reason 1
SSDP students are actively pushing policy in the South! Thanks to the hard work of SSDPer at UGA Athens Georgia passes Georgia’s most comprehensive decriminalization ordinance! https://hightimes.com/news/athens-georgia-on-cusp-of-major-decriminalization-ordinance/

(Picture 2: NC Assembly March, 2022- SSDP’s Psychedelic Policy Intern Gina Giorgio and Outreach Director Jeremy Sharp)
Reason 4: University of South Florida SSDP Chapter meets with Congressman Cathy Castor to discuss releasing all federal cannabis prisoners.
(Picture 3: SSDP Provides Harm Reduction Services at Tipper: Taryn Gilgallon, Meredith Giangaspro, Alexia Obrochta, Jeremy Sharp, Henna Malik, Ilah Davis, Michael Mirecki)
Reason 6: Chapters are building Community and sharing sensible information about substance use and policy.- FSU hosts several “sensible socials” raising tens of thousands of dollars.
- Additionally, the chapter was featured in the local paper for their work around harm reduction: https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2022/10/17/naloxone-distribution-begins-across-florida/10522655002/

(Picture 4: Julia Patti, SSDP Chapter President of Florida State University and crew volunteering on campus)

(Picture 5 – Florida State SSDP Exec Board in action building sensible communities)
Reason 7: SSDP brings Harm Reduction to Southern Universities:
(Picture 7: University of Alabama Naloxone Training and Harm Reduction Talk)

(Picture 8: University of Florida Naloxone Training. October, 2022)
(Picture 9 – UGA Law School Chapter at the Pillars of Wisdom. Athens GA, Ocotober 2022)
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